The independent news outlet Iran International reported this week that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was only allowed to meet with alleged “Supreme Leader” Mojtaba Khamenei once since the latter was chosen to rule the country under bizarre circumstances in which Pezeshkian could not be sure who he was talking to.
The report, published on Tuesday, preceded Pezeshkian himself addressing his relationship with the younger Khamenei on state media in a televised interview on Thursday, claiming that it was “very difficult” to communicate with him.
Khamenei’s father, Ali Khamenei, ruled the country with an iron fist as “supreme leader” for decades before his demise on February 28, the first day of...
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